A MEERSCHAUM PIPE WITH ENGLISH GILT-METAL MOUNTS
A MEERSCHAUM PIPE WITH ENGLISH GILT-METAL MOUNTS

CIRCA 1840

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A MEERSCHAUM PIPE WITH ENGLISH GILT-METAL MOUNTS
CIRCA 1840
The plain bowl surmounted by a hinged gilt-metal windcap modelled with a smoking hussar beside his horse with horse-furniture engraved 'V.R.', with a long ivory and metal thread wrapped stem and horn stem
pipe 7½ in. (19 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) long overall

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For a pipe with a similar equestrian windcap see the Museum of Tobacco Art and History, Nashville Tennessee, Guide Book 1996.

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